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SMU Ranked Second in College Soccer News.com Preseason Poll
DALLAS (SMU) - The SMU men's soccer team is ranked second by College Soccer News.com in the first of many preseason polls prior to the fall soccer season. Entering his 23rd season as head coach at SMU, Schellas Hyndman returns eight starters from last year's squad that finished the 2005 campaign with a 14-6-3 record after earning the program's second-ever College Cup berth. SMU opens the 2006 regular season on Friday, Aug. 25 vs. Wisconsin at the Golden Hurricane Classic in Tulsa, Okla.

The Mustangs are also ranked seventh in recruiting class, according to College Soccer News.com. In addition, freshmen Leone Cruz, Casey Hibbs and Craig Hill have been identified by College Soccer News.com in its 100 Freshman to Keep an Eye On in 2006.



2006 College Soccer News Preseason Top 30 National Poll
1. Maryland
2. SMU
3. North Carolina
4. Connecticut
5. Penn State
6. Virginia
7. Akron
8. UCLA
9. New Mexico
10. Creighton
11. South Florida
12. Duke
13. Indiana
14. California
15. Clemson
16. Notre Dame
17. St. John's
18. UNC-Greensboro
19. Wake Forest
20. Old Dominion
21. UC Santa Barbara
22. San Francisco
23. Cal State Northridge
24. San Diego State
25. Virginia Tech
26. Santa Clara
27. St. Louis
28. Wisconsin-Milwaukee
29. South Carolina
30. Ohio State